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Nehrbass, Kenneth Robert.

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Christianity and animism in a South Pacific society: Four ecclesiastical approaches toward "kastom"

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Christianity and animism in a South Pacific society: Four ecclesiastical approaches toward "kastom"/
Author:	Nehrbass, Kenneth Robert.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2010,
Description:	342 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-08, Section: A, page: 2939.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International71-08A.
Subject:	Cultural anthropology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3470069
ISBN:	9781124115276

Christianity and animism in a South Pacific society: Four ecclesiastical approaches toward "kastom"
Nehrbass, Kenneth Robert.

Christianity and animism in a South Pacific society: Four ecclesiastical approaches toward "kastom" - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2010 - 342 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-08, Section: A, page: 2939.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Biola University, 2010.

Traditional religion on Tanna (Vanuatu) comprises a number of elements that are characteristic of animism: an extensive cosmology and mythological corpus, sorcery, divination, sacrifice, and a particular system of totemism. Early missionaries to Tanna deemed Christianity to be incompatible with traditional religion and attempted, with limited success, to displace it with Christianity. However, with the rise of cargo cults, nationalism, and the enculturation of the church in the mid-twentieth century, many Tannese began to consider Christianity and traditional religion as 2 roads to the same end. More than a dozen denominations have since arrived, each idiosyncratic in its response to traditional religion. Some denominations have leaned toward syncretism; others have dismissed outright much of the indigenous culture along with kastom, proscribing practices associated with animism, but not attempting to address the underlying animistic worldview. Still others have made a more conscious effort to contextualize Christianity, avoiding both separatism and syncretism.

ISBN: 9781124115276Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122764
Cultural anthropology.

Christianity and animism in a South Pacific society: Four ecclesiastical approaches toward "kastom"
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520 $a This research attempts to uncover how Christians from animistic backgrounds decide which aspects of kastom to relinquish and which to retain. What do they find appealing about the churches that promote a clean break from animism? What distinguishes kastom-retainers from kastom-relinquishers? Alternately, what is the allure of the churches that are more accepting of traditional religion? In a largely homogenous society, how is it that there can be such diverging attitudes about the relationship between animism and Christianity? Interviews were conducted with members of numerous denominations in order to develop a grounded theory that suggests 20 factors that contribute to 4 ecclesiastical approaches toward animism on Tanna: mixing, separating, transplanting, and contextualizing.
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